Cork-puller



(No Model.)

D. J. HURLEY.

CORK FULLER. 1 No. 372,266. PatentedOct. 25,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' DANIEL J. HURLEY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORK- PULLER.

GPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,266, dated October25, 1887.

Application filed July 9, 1886. Serial No. 207,592. (No model.)

- exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cork-pulling machines, and .it consists incertain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafterfully set forth.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in place on a shelf, table,.or counter. Fig. 2 shows the device, partly in vertical section, withthe lever Oin an elevated position. Fig. 3 is a view from below, lookingdirectly up into the mouth of the barrel A. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the swivel B B detached from the device. Fig. 5 represents analternative construction.

The construction is as follows: The body or fixed part of the deviceconsists of an attaching-bracket, A", a barrel, A, and a neck; A,extending up from and arranged concentric with the barrel. These partsare best made in one piece of cast metal; but of course they may be ofseparate pieces joined; but such a construction would be expensive. Thebarrel A has a flaring mouth, a, and V-shaped ribs a on its inside. Theneck A is made smooth both inside and out, either by finishing or bychilling, as desired, and serves as a journal for the swiveled part B Band the corkscrewstem D, and also as a guide for the said stem D as itmoves up and down.

The part B B is made of cast metal, and'consists of a collar, B, and ahorn or fulcrum-post, B. It is finished or made smooth within and at theends of the collar B, so it can be rotated freely on the neck A. At theextremity of the fulcrum-post B there is a tenon, I), with a pivot-holetherein.

0 is a lever, which is fulcrumed on the post B by a pivot-pin, c, whichpasses through the pivot-hole in the tenon b on the post. This lever isconnected by a link, cl, with the screwin Fig. 2.

will be the center of. motion and will be revolved, the post Bdescribing a circle around the neck. The swiveled collar B and post Bare kept in place on the neck by a collar, E,

which is secured by a set'screw, e.

The, operation is as follows: The nose of the be in-about the positionshown by dotted lines The operator will then, while holding the bottlein place with one hand, revolve the lever 0 like acrank with the otherhand. This will drive the corkscrew Dinto the cork.

The operator will then raise the lever G into the position shown by fulllines inFig. 2. This will draw the cork from the bottle up into thebarrel A. lVhile the cork is in the barrel A it is preventedfromrevolving by the V-shaped ribs (4, and therefore by revolving the leverG in the proper direction the cork will be expelled from the barrel andthe screw.

I am aware of the constructions of corkpullers shown in the followingpatents, viz:

Tucker, No. 207,631, dated September 3, 1878; 8 5

ing-barrel A, to receive the nose of the bottle and concentric neck A,the collar. B, swiveled on said neck and having the fulcrunrpost Bextending therefrom, the fixed collar for holding the collar 13 inplace,the corkscrew-stem D', journaled and sliding in said neck, and the leverO, fulcrumed on said post and connected with said corkscrew-stem by alink, d, sub- 10o stantially as set forth.

2. In a cork-pulling machine, the combina tion, substantially as shown,of the supported and connected with said corkscrew-stein by a barrel A,having the flaring month a, internal link, d. O ribs, a, and concentricneck A, the collar 13, In testimony whereof I affix my signature inswiveled on said neck and having the fulcrumpresence of two witnesses.

post B extending therefrom, the fixed collar DANIEL J. HURLEY.

for holding the collar B in place, the cork- \Vitnesses:

screw-stem D, jonrnaled and sliding in said JNO. K. HALLOOK,

neck, and the lever G, fulcrnlned on said post v C. S\VALLEY.

